Jimu news reporter Song Qingying
On April 25, local time, Musk, the world's richest man, reached a final acquisition agreement with Twitter's board of directors to acquire Twitter at a price of $54.2 per share, totaling about $44 billion. This news instantly triggered a hot discussion on the Internet, and also made American society lively.
Musk, Source: Fa Guang
According to the BBC, tweet shares closed up more than 5% on the day after the acquisition agreement was announced.
On the 25th, Musk could not hide his excitement and sent a tweet, and the tweet had only one simple word: "Yes!!! A series of rockets, meteors and love emojis were also sent.
Musk tweeted
The tweet also has a screenshot of freedom of speech as the cornerstone of democracy, and Twitter is a digital speech plaza where matters of great importance to the future of humanity can be discussed.
The Wall Street Journal has previously pointed out that if Musk succeeds in acquiring Twitter, it will be one of the largest acquisitions in the history of technology and will affect the way billions of people use social media in the coming years.
As soon as the news of Musk's acquisition of Twitter came out, netizens boiled over. Musk's tweet immediately garnered 2 million likes and 120,000 comments.
Netizen comments
Some netizens humorously said: "Before the acquisition of Twitter, Tesla's advertising fee was 0 US dollars, and this time the advertising fee was 44 billion US dollars." ”
According to Forbes, Musk topped the world's richest man with a net worth of $273.6 billion, and his wealth stemmed largely from his stake in Tesla.
Netizen comments
Some netizens replaced the Twitter logo blue bird spoof with the pattern of Dogecoin, and asked Musk: "Is this the new logo in the future?" ”
Musk has always had the title of the godfather of "Dogecoin," which reportedly skyrocketed 20 percent in 24 hours after Twitter agreed to Musk's acquisition.
Musk has long been a significant influencer on Twitter, with more than 80 million followers. But he claimed Twitter had not fulfilled its freedom of expression and therefore offered to take it.
In the face of Musk, the new big boss, Twitter employees are excited and worried, and some Twitter employees shout musk: "Send us all Teslas!" ”
There are also Twitter employees who are brain-opening, hoping that Musk's ex-girlfriend and famous singer Grimes can come to Twitter to sing at the annual meeting.
The news was most welcomed by U.S. Republicans, who have complained that Twitter has blocked their remarks. Earlier, some lawmakers proposed that if Musk's acquisition of Twitter is successful, it should reopen the Twitter account that former President Trump has blocked.
However, according to the latest news from Agence France-Presse, Trump denied on the 25th that he would return to Twitter. In an interview with Fox News, he said: "I don't go twitter, I want to stay onTRUTH."
Trump's Twitter account, which has nearly 90 million followers, was blocked in January 2021 after he created his personal social media platform, TRUTH.
And many Democrats say the acquisition shows billionaires have too much power to scrutinize.
Senator Democratic of New Jersey sarcastically asked, "Is there an alternative to Twitter that will work?" ”
But as of now, the White House declined to comment on the acquisition.